A reached a fourth straight day Saturday, delaying action by the majority
Democrats on bills on gun safety,
abortion rights and gender-affirming health care. The , and
Senate President Rob Wagner adjourned the body until Sunday morning.
Republican lawmakers have used walkouts in the past, but if they continue to stay away . Last November, voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure that bans lawmakers with 10 unexcused absences from running for reelection. The boycott comes as several statehouses around the nation, including in and , have become battlegrounds between conservatives and liberals. Oregon has increasingly been divided between liberal population centers like Portland and Eugene and its mostly conservative rural areas. — The Associated Press